| FUN. - 'Walking The Dog' music video! |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Friday, 20 August 2010 14:58 |
 At the beginning of this month, FUN. (finally) officially announced their signing to record label Fueled By Ramen. Frontman Nate Ruess explained the decision to fans: "We are uber excited to announce we are taking our talents to "fueled by ramen" records. Where they should help put us in a pretty sweet position to continue to try and grow. This has been in the works for almost 9 months, when the head of the label (someone who's reached out to me since even before I was in the format) did his bi-annual "check-in just to have the door slammed in his face". Except the difference is, this time we took the time to listen to what he had to say.... I haven't been involved with a label in almost 6 years. And to be honest, I never had any intention to go back. But it really means something when you've been able to watch a label grow over the years, and just continue to grow, with massive commercial success, while maintaining some of the ethics and understanding of what it means to be an independent artist... When the people who work for fueled by ramen buy their own tickets to our shows and talk about us with the passion you'd generally reserve for an artist you're working with, that really means something. So after lengthy discussions, we figured, why not? This is the perfect time for us to give it a try. And I wouldn't worry about us "selling out" or changing for the wrong reasons. When the format first started, it was tough because we didn't know who we were yet. We were signed with the belief that we would appease the label and be a commercial success. As we grew, we realized that those weren't our goals, and since then, from a personal writing standpoint, I've always been a little bit "different", and I think that's a big reason they wanted to start working with us. They're here to help put us in a position that would allow more people to hear us." Watch fun.'s music video for new single 'Walking The Dog' below...  |
